Types of Risk
This clip introduces the concept of business risk and risk management. It notes that business risks can generally be classified into four categories: property, market, employee, and customer.
Personal Insurance
A more personal look at insurance including motor vehicle and life insurance, liability coverage, determining annual premiums, and reading tables.
Sources of Capital
This clip looks at potential sources of capital for getting a new business off the ground. Apart from tapping one's own savings or other personal resources, the other options generally fall into two broad categories; debt and equity.
Business Insurance
The need for each business to find a way of protecting itself against loss is the subject of this episode. Why businesses need insurance and different types.
Real Property
Introduces the legal concept of property and the rights associated with owning it.
Women and Property in Colonial America
American history professor Alice Kessler-Harris says that, as regards property ownership, women during colonial times were in a very vulnerable position when a husband died and, sometimes, even when a father died. "For the most part, in the early co...